The Sidewalks Of New York: Tin Pan Alley

Uri Caine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 10, 1999)
• Original Release Date: August 10, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Winter & Winter
• ASIN: B00000JT5H
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #331,295 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Walk Down Tin Pan Alley, December 27, 2001

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This review is from: The Sidewalks Of New York: Tin Pan Alley (Audio CD)

This is a delightful set of recordings against the effective tapestry of ambient tavern noises; applause, low lever chatter, the clinking of glasses, and importantly: laughter. All of these noises enhance this recording. There is a wide selection of music; early Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Geo. M. Cohan, Eubie Blake among other songs common to our inherited musical heritage from grandparents, or older! It is enriched with mixure of both vocal and instrumental numbers. I recommend for listeners who enjoy popular turn of the century music; those with an interest in the spirit of John Sloan and Robert Henri's Ash Can New York will find the CD engaging, warm with laughter and easy to listen to. It is artfully packaged with photographs from the period and only misses with no informative text about the history of the songs or their writers. Forgive this oversight though! It is a must for listeners who love to sing and may be wistful to hear the noises of 100 years ago.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sweet and wonderful, August 14, 2001

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This review is from: The Sidewalks Of New York: Tin Pan Alley (Audio CD)

A truly warm record. Not just a great collection of wonderful, charming songs from the beginning of Tin Pan Alley [this material goes back to the turn of the 20th century], but a conscious effort to place them in the context of nostalgia and memory. There are non-musical audio portions of the CD that place one firmly in the firmament of Manhattan, and a lot of the music is either peformed in front of a boisterous tavern audience or made to sound that way. It's a modern trick that doesn't always work - the quality of the crowd is definitely turn of the 21st century on occassion! - but it does add a rich context to the music and the listening experience. It's not jazz, but it's jazzy and great for anyone who loves good American song-writing.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Amusing Nostalgia, December 17, 1999

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This review is from: The Sidewalks Of New York: Tin Pan Alley (Audio CD)

This recording presents distinguished songs from 1892-1915, by a group of stellar jazz musicians. One third of the music is instrumental, with the rest sung by a variety of capable vocalists. If you enjoyed Butch Thompson's Joplin tribute, you might like this.